Plays that shaped the 2025 College Football Playoff bracket (pt. 2) 🏈 Texas A&M’s OL holds a Notre Dame defensive lineman to prevent a game-losing sack and buys Reed time to throw a game-winning touchdown. Teams impacted: • Notre Dame: If their defensive lineman was able to sack Reed/force a bad pass (or if the flag was thrown making a game-winning TD much more difficult), Notre Dame would’ve made the CFP at 11-1. The Irish likely would’ve been the 5-seed. • Texas A&M: With a loss to Notre Dame, 10-2 Texas A&M (best win would’ve been over 8-4 Missouri) would’ve missed the CFP after their rivalry week loss to Texas. • Ole Miss: With 11-1 Notre Dame likely being ranked ahead of them as the 5-seed, Ole Miss gets bumped from #6 to #7. Instead of hosting 11-seed Tulane, the Rebels would’ve been hosting the 10-seed Power 4 team. • Miami: With Notre Dame being 11-1 and ranked in the Top 5, being the only team to beat them likely gives Miami’s résumé a boost and bumps the Canes up to th...